Commentary on "Picking Federal Judges: A Note on Policy and Partisan Selection Agendas"

While political science research sometimes seems impervious to current political debates, the controversy surrounding judicial appointments in the Bush administration increased scholarly interest in judicial selection. The approach has been adopted to operationalize judicial preferences in studies e...

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Published in:Political research quarterly 2008-03, Vol.61 (1), p.53-55
Main Author: Giles, Micheal W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Appellate courts
Appointments & personnel changes
Behavior
Citations (References)
College admission
Courts
Federal courts
Federal law
Judges
Judiciary
Law schools
Liberalism
Political activism
Political parties
Political research
Political science
Politics
Preferences
Selection Procedures
Senators
Sixtieth Anniversary Special Section
United States
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Summary:While political science research sometimes seems impervious to current political debates, the controversy surrounding judicial appointments in the Bush administration increased scholarly interest in judicial selection. The approach has been adopted to operationalize judicial preferences in studies exploring a variety of topics, including the effect of federal statutes on judicial behavior (Randazzo, Waterman, and Fine 2006), the decision to grant en bane (Giles, Walker, and ZoRN 2006), the effect of women on their male panel colleagues (Peresie 2005), the effect of jurisprudential regimes on judicial behavior (Luse 2006), jurisdiction stripping (Chutkow 2006), and the strategic use of dissent (Hettinger, Lindquist, and Martinek 2004).
ISSN:1065-9129
1938-274X
DOI:10.1177/1065912907311895